How can these blogs be helpful to fiction writers? Stories. There are hundreds of stories to give you an idea of a story or plot. Endless inspiration. The research can fill in gaps in your story especially if writing historical fiction and in need details to put your readers in that time and place.

The internet has been a valuable resource for genealogists. The things we can do and find out about our family's history now would have been impossible a very few years ago. Thank you so much for the links and resources!

Rita, you are so lucky to have photos of all your great grandparents! Your tips about how to begin a genealogy search are exactly right. I say the same things every time I teach a class or speak at a meeting. I see you are working on a memoir. Me too! Sometimes I post memories on my blog.

I have found other blogs a great inspiration. When I began blogging, I expected to run out of my own material and photographs within about 18 months, but joining Geneabloggers was a huge boost in responding to the many blog prompts - and here I am nearly 4 years later. I even discovered two third cousins through my blog! A revelation was the introduction to recording my own personal childhood memories for future generations - an idea that had not occurred to me before. . The Sepia Saturday blog has also been brilliant in terms of building up my followers. I cannot praise the benefits of blogging enough. .

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About Me

A few things I enjoy:
Photography, mixed media art, researching history, writing, history of the Old West, genealogy, being with friends, Tombstone history, discovering myself, reading, and teaching what I have learned about these things.
Things I love:
My family, my home, and my dog.